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PHP

Nada Mabrouk
Nada Mabrouk
3,609 Points
Posted by Nada Mabrouk
Nada Mabrouk
3,609 Points

Why we use twig instead of creating a PHP file and then start including it in every page?

It's about Building a website using slim framework along with Twig as a templating language. the teacher used Twig in order not to repeat the code (DRY concept), but why don't we do the same thing by creating a php file and then start including it instead of changing all the file to twig files !

Jason Wist
Jason Wist
2,483 Points
Jason Wist
Jason Wist
2,483 Points

What do you mean by creating a PHP file and including it?

1 Answer

Jarosław Jarząbek
Jarosław Jarząbek
10,970 Points
Jarosław Jarząbek
Jarosław Jarząbek
10,970 Points

Reasons for this are listed on twig homepage: http://twig.sensiolabs.org/

When it comes to template engines in PHP, many people will tell you that PHP itself is a template engine. But even if PHP started its life as a template language, it did not evolve like one in the recent years. As a matter of fact, it doesn't support many features modern template engines should have nowadays.

The twig syntax is easy to learn and has been optimized to allow web designers to get their job done fast without getting in their way.